<p>You can do a lot of stuff with a math major, depending on where you focus your studies (pure, applied, actuarial, statistics, the last two being possibly the ones that’ll get you a job more easily). And it can cost less than 160 000$ for a degree (you should look into financial aid and/or relatively cheaper universities, since I’m from Canada, I can tell you canadian universities are a bargain compared most of the US ones, and there are a few universities considered prestigious in the US, usually McGill, University of Toronto, UBC, and Waterloo in engineering/science, /end of publicity).</p>